Archives for Defining Events - Page 3

The Open Letter to the Prime Minister Controversy - August 2006: Critiques of Minister Blair's Foreign Policy The background Contrasting reactions from British Jews to Israel's actions in Lebanon Reactions from Government and political circles (updated 29th August) Other comments…

When the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill entered Committee Stage on 21st June 2005, its rationale was to extend the current offences on incitement to racial hatred under the 1986 Public Order Act to cover the stirring up of hatred…

The saga of the Home Office's Working Groups, projects and largesse PET Working Groups MINAB, Road Shows and the 'Theology' Board PVE - Preventing Violent Extremism Programme PET Working Groups In August 2005, the Home Office invited members of the…

The London bombings of 7th July and the shadow of further outrages have affected Muslims in Britain like no other episode since the Rushdie affair of 1988-91. The shock has traumatised the entire country - as Andrew Rawnsley (see…

Like all British people, the Muslim community reacted with shock and outrage at the underground explosions and the bomb aboard a London bus that has left 52 people dead, including 6 Muslims. The perpetrators - if they claim to…

Election postscript & George Galloway Reception in Whitechapel (6th June 2005) New Labour emerged from the May 2005 Election with a majority in the Commons reduced from 161 to 60 and, in comparison with the 2001 Election, a negative swing…

The 10th June 2004 Elections Is the Muslim community’s electoral romance with the Labour Party coming to an end? The ‘Super-Thursday election’ is unique for several reasons: the participation of young Muslims, as campaigners and candidates, reflecting the politicisation of…

Many fair-minded and responsible British institutions and individuals rallied around the Muslim community in support of its objections to an article published by Robert Kilroy-Silk ‘We owe Arabs nothing’ in the Express on Sunday (4th January 2004). Diligent work by…

The Brent East parliamentary bye-election held on 18 September 2003 provided British Muslims with dramatic evidence of their potential strength in the political process. A Labour majority of 13,000 in the last General Election in June 2001 was replaced by…